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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
B. & .. EXPRESS.
An Important Sale Announced to
the Public.

New YORK, Aug. 31.-The following
official announcement was made to-day
by the president of the United States
Express company.
The franchise and business of the BALI
more & Ohio Express has been sold to the
United States Express company for period
of thirty years. The sale is made directly BY
the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad company, no
other parties being recognized. The agree
ment was consummated last week, and we
take possession tomorrow. The negotiations
for the sale have been pending about month,
having begun with President Garrett before
his departure for Europe.
1t is stated Oh Wall street that the
price paid was 3, 500, 000, of which 81 .OOO,-
600 was paid in cash and S1,500,OO0 in
United States Express stock. The
president of the United States Express
denies the correctness of the figures, but
declines to state the terms ON which the
property was purchased, saying that the
matter is private. No change will be
made in tile management of the COM
pany. The new deal adds 5000 miles of
territory to $1,000 miles already operated
over by the United States Express COM
pany and makes it the most powerful
company of its kind in America.
Speaking of the transfer of the Balti-
more ~ Ohio express business, the Post
says: 1.-The rumOrS afioat on the street
this morning were that Jay Gould was
the real purchaser of the express COM
pany, and that he had practically COM
pleted negotiations which would give
him control of the Baltimore 81 Ohio
Telegraph company, and was practically
in possession of all the Baltimore &
Ohio property, including the railroad,
telegraph and express business. From
inquiries made among Well-l1nOwn brok-
ers and bankers it was learned that there
was every reason to believe that these
reports were well founded
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
The Minot Extension Of the Manitoba
Road is Said to Be Nearly
Completed.
Seventeen Thousand Four Hundred Car.
loads Of Material Shipped
From st. Paul.
The Baltimore & Ohio Express Sale
Gossip About the Oregon
Transc0ntinentai.

The great feat undertaken by the
Manitoba road, to build a new railroad
from Minot to Great Falls, is about COM
pleted, there being only about 13S miles
more of the rails to lay, the grading hay
ing been completed the whole distance.
Few people outside of railroad men and
railroad contractors have much of an
idea what stupenduOuS undertaking
the building of this road in so short a
time was. All this monStrouS mass of
material that has gone into the road has
been shipped from the shops of the
Manitoba road in st. Paul, and the
work has been done so quietly that no
one III the city, except the Manitoba
road people had any idea of what was
going on. Since January 6, of
this year, 1900 car loads
of track material have been
shipped from these shops by W.
c. EndSley, the storekeeper. Most of
this stock was in bond, and consisted of
nails, spikes, angle bars and bolts. A
large part OF this, more than half of it,
Krupp i'll Germany. To trans
port the mass of material
seven steamers have been con-
stantly engaged seven months and
half, making from five to six trips
each. These steamers were the Egypt,
Baltic. st. Roman, Calcutta, Adriatic,
Georgia and the American. The last
part Of the material has at last been
shipped, and consists of 200 ear loads,
now on the way. Mr.. Endsley. who
handled this mass of heavy material,
says it is the
BIGGEST SUMMERS WORK
bn over did aDH tbat ha faal, n 1,o,,- ~,
comfortable and weary load is off his
mind, now that the job is nearly fin
iShed. He has had 200 men constantly
i'll his employ all this time, and has
worked them day and night as well as
Sundays, besides extra men as cir
cumstances demanded. He has had NJ.
J.O'Conn0r, deputy collector of customs,
almost daily with him, as much
of the material came through in bond,
and all hands have had very lively
time of it during the last seven months.
ID: c. Shepard, of the firm of Shepard,
Winston IL Co., who had the contract
for constructing the road, said yester-
day that the contractors had not been
delayed moment on account of the
material not coming through
promptly to the minute, which fact,
considering the length of the line laid,
was without parallel. Mr. Egan, the
general superintendent of the road.
who has had large experience in the
construction of the Canadian Pacific
and other roads, agrees with Mr.. Shep-
ard in this opinion, and, furthermore,
adds that the road is one of the best con-
structed roads in America Mr.. Egan had
in his office a number of samples of po-
tatOes, beets, corn, wheat, onions and
coal, brought from the Milk river val
lev, through which this road rms and
i'll handling these specimens of the pro-
duct of the soil out there, Mr.. Shepard
said: "ThiS means one of the best ag-
ricultural regions in America, and
sooner or later, an immense population
out there"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
EORAKER,S FAKE.

Gov. FORAKER is back in Ohio from
his West Virginia campaign, denying
that he was ever mixed up in any row
at Wheeling. We wish that this could
be construed into an evidence of repent
ance and humiliation on the part of Gov.
FORAKER for the indecent exposure he
made of himself. But it isn't. 1t is
simply evidence that there are a great
many decent Republicans in Ohio who
are ashamed of FoRAKER'S Wheeling
exhibition. 1t is for the purpose of
squaring himself with the decent ele-
ment of his party that FORAKER is try
ing to lie out of his scrape, and not be-
cause he wouldn't do the same thing
over again. Gov. FoRAKER's opponent
in the gubernatorial canvass is an old
soldier, who did more fighting in one
week than FORAKER did during the en-
tire war, and yet nobody ever heard of
Gen. POWELL making a fool Of himself
at a Grand Army reunion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01

1t seems that the ranchmen of Mon
tana and Dakota have very good reason
for complaining against the Canadian
border customs officials who have de-
veloped the playful habit of running
American cattle across the line and then
selling them for custom dues. Despite
protests from the Canadians themselves,
whose cattle the Americans have always
returned when the stock strayed over
into our territory, it is said the evil has
continued undiminished.
Neither government seems disposed
to take any notice of the matter and the
circumstances Of the American stock
men remain unheeded. But it seems to
us that the Canadian officials are tread
ing on dangerous ground. They evil
IDENTITY are not well acquainted with the
characteristics of the Montana cowboy.
He is slow to wrath, but when his anger
is called forth, the guilty man might as
well be III the path of well developed
cyclone as in the StOckman'S way.
And there is nothing that will awaken
him to anger as quickly as an undue ap-
preparation of his stock. Personal in
murder or two might only call forth Wig
OrOuS comment, but when his horses or
cattle are stolen nothing but Winches-
ter or a Colts navy will smooth his ruff
fled feelings. The Canadian officials,
unless they cease their predatory incur
SionS, are likely soon to realize that
fact
The men who in the summer of 'S4
summarily disposed of thirty-fiye horse
thieves are not likely to make many
bones over half a dozen customs
officers. There are likely to be several
vacancies soon i'll the custom service on
the Dominion'S Southwestern border,
and intending applicants for the posi-
tons will not be at all premature in
sending in their papers now.
But how easily the whole trouble
could be remedied by establishing COM
plete reciprocity between this country
and Canada.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
to pay to the owners of abutting prop
Oregon Transcontinenta1.

NEW YORK, Aug. S1.-There were
rumors all day that Henry Willard was
again interested in the Oregon Trans
continental company, and that as the
representative of Berlin syndicate he
had taken up the floating debt of the
company. These were confirmed later
by a statement made by Henry Willard
to Horace White that an agreement had
been entered into between the Oregon
TranscOntinental company and q foreign
syndicate headed by the Deutsche Bank
of Berlin, in pursuance of which almost
-the entire floating debt of the Oregon
Transcontinental company will be paid
off Immediately, and ST, 0OO,0O is already
provided for this purpose. The state
ment; gave as the securities sold, S3,000,-
600 Oregon Navigation bonds, which it
has been carrying for the Oregon Navi-
cation company, and S1,OO0,0O0 of Ore
1gon' Navigation stock held in its own
treasury, and they had given an option
on 100000 additional Oregon Nayiga-
ton stock.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01

fair show of success, to wrest from her
her most cherished possession, the IA
nous park, Belle Isle.
The property has long been in posses
sion of the city, and is valued at S1,000.-
600. The Minneapolis man claims that
it is rightfully his, and in the suit which
he nters for possession, alleged fraud
i'll payment by previous sellers as the
reason why it should revert to the heirs
of the original owners. Detroit is much
troubled over the possibility of losing
the park, and looks upon the Minnea-
politan with eyes of wrath.
We are sorry for our Michigan neigh
Dor, but advise her to submit gracefully
to the inevitable, for when North
western man goes after anything that
belongs to him he is pretty apt to get it.
Detroit should congratulate herself that
suit was not entered for the possession
of the entire city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
THEY HAVE COMPLAINTS.
A Charge From Warren Against
the Railroad Commissioners and
Some Grievances About the Rail-

roads.
To the Editor of the Globe:
The state railway and warehouse
commissioners were advertised to be
here Friday forenoon, Aug. 26. They
arrived on the 18th in the evening and
left the next morning at S:4S-as if
they were afraid that some
complaint might be made and
they would be required to
act. They left before any one wac
aware of their intentions, and, ons
might almost say, before actual business
hours, and before the farming COM
munity could reasonably be expected to
arrive in town. No wonder they re-
port that there are virtually no griev-
ances in community, when they
arrive before their advertised time
and leave almost before it is
known they are here, on the day they
advertise to come. A commission of
that kind ought to be abolished, for the
people here have many grievances, both
as to passenger and freight rates, and
the accommodations given to the travel
ing public. In the first place the st.
Paul, Minneapolis q Manitoba railroad
charges abou 1873 cents hundred for
the transportation of grain from
this point to Minneapolis, a
rates which is almost two and one-half
times the rate received by roads from
st. Paul to Chicago, longer distance,
for doing the same services, and they
charge from st. Paul or Minneapolis,
on second class freight, the sum of so
cents, whether the package weighs one
pound or 100. This is deliberate out
rage upon those who receive
goods in small quantities, and
contrary to the best interests
of both shippers and receivers of goods.
Another grievance we have is that,
though we have to pay for first-class
passage-aS no second-class tickets are
sold at any of our StationS-we often
ION account of the crowded state of the
tirst-class coacheS), have to ride
in the polluted and grimy smoking
cars. Now, if people are forced
by the company to pay for first-class
tickets, the company should be COM
PEELED to give all its passengers first
class accommodations or else be required
to sell first and second-class ckets at
all its stations. They sell second-class
tickets at both st. Paul and Minneap-
oils to all points on their road. Why not
from all points on the line to both cities?
Warren, Aug.29. L. S. BAYsELL.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
BLAINE IN EGYPT.

Mr.. BLAINE is going to Egypt. 1t is
likely he will spend a good portion of
the coming winter in that historic land
The trip will do the distinguished
American tourist great deal of good if
he only makes an intelligent use of his
opportunities. And there is no danger
that Mr.. BLAINE will be lacking in in
telligence. In no other country could
he SO well learn the lesson of the va
riety of ambition.
As he gaZeS upon the tombs of the
PHAROAHs, the ruined temples and the
relics of THEBE'S vanished magnifi-
cence, as he asks himself where are they
who sought to near nation enduring
forever and, as the types of the highest
civilization of their time, to impress
their work upon all coming ages, as he
asks himself who these were and hears
only the echo of his own voice rolling
back through broken columns and roof
less temples. he can not fail to reflect
that fame is the breath of an hour and
ambition but the idle fancy of unrest.
All things perish and only the race
endureS.
But if needless of the sermons which
with mute elOquence these scattered
remnants OF another civilization preach,
he will, when standing before the
sphynX and pyramids learn a lesson
more to his taste. The philosophy of
waiting and patience. As the poet
sang ''all things come round to him
who waits" Mr.. BLAINE has been
waiting for long time now. 1t would
be natural that he should feel discour-
agement.
But as he looks into the inscrutable
face of the sphynx and things of the
countless ages it has looked down upon !;
as he'views the pyramids and reflects
upon the indomitable patience that ena-
bic the rearing of the huge pile, it must
be borne in upon him that the twelve
years he has been waiting to attain the
dearest object OF his life have been but
as moment and that even should the
fruitiOn of his hopes be delayed until
the closing years of his busy career, it
would be tedious waiting well rewarded
and patience none too long endured.
Though there are many who would be
inclined to sympathiZe with the emin-
ent traveller should he respond, dis
enlargement getting the better of his
philosophy
But patienceis the virtue of an ass,
mat trots beneath his burden and is quiet''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.

Republican politicians will be disap-
pointed when they read the proceed
ings of the Democratic convention in
Pennsylvania yesterday. 1t was ex-
pected that the Pennsylvania Demo-
Gratis would split on the tariff question.
But everything passed off as harmoni-
ously as church meeting. The Penn
sylvania Democrats climbed right up On
the National Democratic platform
adopted at Chicago in 1884, and planted
themselves there. The Chicago plat
form declared in favor of tariff reve-
nue. sufficient to meet the expenses of
an economically administered govern
ment and no more. The Pennsylvania
Democrats have done well in renewing
their allegiance to this cardinal prin-
ciple of Democratic doctrine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
FINALLY SETTLED.
After Three Years Agitation the
Lowering of the Hastings & Da-
kOta Tracks Decided UDon,


Nine of the thirteen members of the
special committee, consisting of men,
beIS of the council committees on roads
and bridges, railroads and the aldermen
of the Seventh and Eighth wards, met
yesterday morning and decided to ac-
cept the proposition of the Milwaukee
road for the lowering of the grade of
the Hastings & Dakota division in the
Eighth ward, and the bridging of the
tracks at all street crossings of the road.
The proposition is that the city should do
one-half the grading at cost not to ex-
ceed 5000 and construct bridges over
the twenty streets that have been ordered
since the track was laid. This leaves
the railroad to construct bridges over
twenty other streets which were in ex-
istence when the road was built. r.
The opposition to the proposition was.
based upon the theory that the city
should not bear any part of the expense
OF grading the road, and that the lower
ing and bridging the tracks would so,
greatly improve the railroad property
that the company should be willing to-
bear the entire expense, and would
doubtless % so rather than have the
improvement not made. In the short,
discussion which preceded the vote the
former arguments were reiterated by
both sides. Aids. Cooley and Lawrence,
OF the Eighth ward, were emphatic in
asking that the proposition should be ac-
cepted, and expressed the fear that
if it were not the tracks would not
be lowered for several years and that,
then the city would be obliged to payl
a great deal more. Besides, property
all along the line would be greatly damL
aged in the meantime, whereas if the,
tracks were lowered at once, property.
would advance 10 per cent. in value and
the city would get its money back at the
next assessment. Aid. ClOutier voiced
the sentiment of the opposition by say
ing that the city would be doing its
share If it built its half of the bridges
and vacated the three streets asked for.
AID. Nuremberg renewed his amend
ment to cut out the s5O,O00-clause in the
proposition, but this was defeated by
vote OF 5 to 8, Aid. Hanscome not voting,
and the proposition was accepted by the
same vote. 1t is altogether likely the
council will adopt the committees re-
port and pass an ordinance including
the provisions of the propositions which
eontemplateS the completion of the
work within two years, at a cost to the
city of about $500, 200. The grade of the
track will be lowered eighteen feet but
as the. city has established no grade
along the line, there will be no damages
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
Buying the Bonds,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-Acting Sec
rotary Thompson opened proposals for
the sale of AZ per cent. bonds to the
government promptly at noon to-day.
The offerings were comparatively light,
aggregating s., 455, 400 against S7,14S, 1000
day were about the same as those asked
last week, and varied from 1887 to
109.9S. About S2,25O,0OO of the offerings
to-day are renewed from last week.
Secretary Thompson accepted S401 200
of the AZ per cent. bonds offered.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01

of the north side Of the third foor, and every
body is welcome.
Manager Palmer smiled and shook hands
promiscuously, while Secretary Byron smiled
through the bars.
Concerts will be given every day and even
ing, hereafter The Liberati band will be
here next week.
Attention is called to the fact that there is
an entrance on Bank street as well as on
Prince street.
During fair week skilled performers on the
horizontal bar will display their feats of dar-
ing.
A driving business was done by every stand
having refreshments, liquid or solid, for sale.
The city hall decorations are decidedly
snide and should be tried over again.
The Bell & Nettleton building is nicely
covered with bunting.
Yesterdays attendance was 1O,79O
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
CoIorow Wants Peace.

UINTAH AGENCY, Utah, Aug. %. via
Green River, Wyo., Aug. 31.-Colorow
and all his band arrived at Ouray
agency at 80 p m. last Saturday and
say they want no more fighting. The
Indians on both these reservations were
very much excited until assured that
Colorado troops would not come on the
reservation. Everything is quiet here
At 9 p. m. the Indian chiefs all counsel
peace. B. DUDLEY WILLIAMS, NJ. D.,
Agency Physician.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01

with the engine room. In the CEN
ter OF the table was an ordin-
airy Geographic key and on this
Gov. McGill set his finger and gave
push as if to throw off the bonds
which held the machinery. There was
click and then the flash of a
whistle, followed by a gush from
the fountains and the instant application
OF steam to the engines. The next mo-
ment the wheels were flying, the shafts
revolving, hats and handkerchlefs way
ing and the big Exposition was set in
motion. The crowds deserted the plat
forms and points of vantage and scat
tered about the building to view the
sights. The great event of the day was
over.
EXPOSITION NOTES.
Following is the programme for TODAY:
Afternoon--Part l, parole march, McCosh;
grand comic medley, A Conn; Dreamland
overture, NJ. Carl. Part 2, Farewell Medley,
FL F: hensier Part 3 position polka F. Hens
fld: Evening, Part 1, medley march ''Dixy,"
Z. card; jubilee overture, f. Hensler. Part
2. grand medley, Peanuts" G. Southwell;
concert conc. polka, Hamm. Part 3, Hush Little
Nlcollet avenue last night was crowded
from Seventh street to Bridge square with
people. The sidewalks were crowded with
PedesiFldans and two long lines of carriages
were present in good numbers at the
intersection of the sheets to. prevent confu-
sion. The vast concourse which had assem-
bled to witness the illumination was how
ever, disappointed AS had been arranged.
Mayor Ames turned the gas on promptly at
8 O'Clock and a corps of men started with
their torches to light the 10000 gas lets
Within twenty minutes, however, the rain
began to fall, and the crowd began to
disperse quickly. About half the lights had
been lighted, but were extinguished by the
wind. The smell of escaping gas flied the
air.. The gas was turned off and the illumi-
nation.was given up for the night.
the show will open at 8 a. m. and close
promptly at 1890 p. m. There will be
seventy-five more electric lights in the build
ing tonight than last night.
The prismatic lights on the fountain will
be seen tonight for the first time and will
considerably add to the watery display
Col James Fairman's bass voice was heard
to fine advantage in the ode, and with Col
II. G. O.. Morrison's tenor added materially
to the effect
Along Nicollet avenue the decorations of
Segeibaum Bros. attracted most general at
tention and received most praise.
Eating house and other fakes are springine
up about the building. but nothing objection.
able has yet shown itself.
The Scandinavian pictures have arrived
and will probably be hung to-day. But where
is Olof Ellison?
The GLOBE headquarters are in the center
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
A Big Mortgage.

: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Silt is made
made public by the filing of documents
in the recorders Office that the Central
Pacific Railroad company has mortgaged
its entire property, including land
grants, railroads, rolling stock, piers,
water front, ETC., to secure all issue of
sl6,000,000 6 per cent. bonds, payable in
fifty years from Oct. 1, 1885. The main
fact revealed by the transaction is that
S10,000,000 of bonds were authorized to
be issued in January, 1885, to pay float
ing debts of the cOmnanY
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
APrOdi1aI Son.

NEWARK, n. j., Aug. 31.-The son of
ex-senator Bowen, of New York, is ly-
ing at the United States hotel in this
city with broken leg. The young man
is nearly pennileSS, and is in bad phySi-
cal condition. Years ago he inherited
nearly sl,000,000, but he has Squandered
it all. He has passed through various
stages of life. having worked on farm
and in a stable. He broke his leg during
q recent spree.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
A Noted Fxhorter Dead.

PENNINGTON, Me-, Aug. 31.-Rey.
John Allen, noted for his revival work
at camp meetings, died on the East Liv-
ermore camp meeting grounds to-day of
exhaustion consequent upon preaching
sermon of great length last night. He
was ninety-two years old and had at
tended 374 camp meetings, going to the
first when seventeen years old to scoff.
but being converted there. One of his
daughters is the mother of Lillian Nor
ton Cover, the noted songstress.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
He Will Aid Ireland.

New YORK. Aug. Silt is announced
that I. V. Powderly. general master
workman of the Knights of Labor, will
proceed to Ireland in October to take an
active part in the national movement.
He has reached this decision at the
urgent request, it is said, of Irish mem
bers of parliament and other frinds of
Ireland.